Pesticide ExposureNCT06910462
Reporting Back Pesticide Results to Family Child Care Home Directors
A study testing Integrated pest management (IPM) practices in people with Pesticide Exposure and Community-based, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Child Care Health Consultants will provide an integrated pest management (IPM) intervention for ~30 family child care home directors. The intervention will include an educational component, collecting carpet dust samples, reporting back the pesticides identified in the carpet, and 7-monthly consultations to identify… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Pesticide Exposure, Community-based, Family
- What is being tested?
- Integrated pest management (IPM) practices
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Aug 2025to 30 Apr 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Inclusion Criteria: Director of a family child care home with 5 or more children in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, or Fresno County in California. Plan to stay open for at least 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria: Does not read or speak English or Spanish.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
UCSF School of Nursing
San Francisco, California, 94143
About this study
Official title: IPM Intervention for Family Child Care Home Directors
Child Care Health Consultants will provide an integrated pest management (IPM) intervention for ~30 family child care home directors. The intervention will include an educational component, collecting carpet dust samples, reporting back the pesticides identified in the carpet, and 7-monthly consultations to identify ways to reduce their exposure to pesticides and lower their long term health risks.
Read the detailed description
The 12-month IPM intervention study conducted in family child care homes will include baseline and post-intervention interviews with the family child care home director, surveys, environmental assessments, and carpet dust samples. The intervention will include an IPM educational meeting where the director will receive an IPM Toolkit and toolbox, learn about the health risks related to repeated pesticide use. Six monthly consultations will be provided to focus on the goals set by the director to increase their IPM practices, reduce their use of pesticides, and lower the health risks for the children in their care, themselves and their staff. Three months after baseline, study staff will share the results of the pesticides detected in the dust samples to individual family child care home directors using Digital Exposure Report-Back Interface (DERBI). Interviews throughout the study period will be conducted with the family child care home directors to explore their reactions to and understanding of results, health effects, decisions made, intention to change pest management strategies, and/or share the results with families and their community.
- Conditions
- Pesticide Exposure, Community-based, Family
- Being tested
- Integrated pest management (IPM) practices
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Integrated pest management (IPM) practicesBehavioural
Also called Reduce use of pesticides to lower health risks
Provide IPM resources to family child care home directors along with information about their exposure to pesticides and use of pesticides to lower their health risks.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated Pest Management and Report Pesticide Exposure | Experimental | Provide integrated pest management (IPM) toolkit and results of dust sample identifying pesticide exposure. Receives: Behavioral: Integrated pest management (IPM) practices |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
IPM practices
Increased IPM practices as identified on the standardized, observational IPM Checklist post-intervention.
Measured: one year
Decrease Pesticide Use and Exposure in Family Child Care Home
Observational checklists will be used to identify the number of pesticide sprays in the family child care home. Carpet dust analyses conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will identify the detection and concentration of pesticides in the carpet dust.
Measured: one year
Secondary outcomes (1)
Increased understanding of health risks associated with pesticide use
Qualitative analyses will be conducted on the director interviews to identify themes and knowledge of the health risks associated with pesticide use, alternative treatments, IPM approach to pest management comparing pre- versus post-intervention responses.
Measured: one year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Apr 2025
- Study start1 Aug 2025
- Primary completion30 Apr 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Apr 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Pesticide ExposureStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, San FranciscoThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- The intervention will include resources about IPM practices and understanding the potential exposure to pesticides and health effects for family child care home staff and children.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Abbey Alkon, PhD, Principal investigator, University of California, San Francisco
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06910462
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 4000 317300 144257A 01
- Other IDs
- R01ES036261-01
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2025
- Last updated
- 30 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Hazard K, Alkon A, Gunier RB, Castorina R, Camann D, Quarderer S, Bradman A. Predictors of pesticide levels in carpet dust collected from child care centers in Northern California, USA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Mar;34(2):229-240. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00516-8.
PubMed 36599924Alkon A, Gunier RB, Hazard K, Castorina R, Hoffman PD, Scott RP, Anderson KA, Bradman A. Preschool-Age Children's Pesticide Exposures in Child Care Centers and at Home in Northern California. J Pediatr Health Care. 2022 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Oct 8.
PubMed 34629233Stephens M, Hazard K, Moser D, Cox D, Rose R, Alkon A. An Integrated Pest Management Intervention Improves Knowledge, Pest Control, and Practices in Family Child Care Homes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct 26;14(11):1299. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111299.
PubMed 29072618
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- IPM Intervention for Family Child Care Home Directors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06910462
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 4000 317300 144257A 01
- Conditions
- Pesticide Exposure, Community-based, Family
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San FranciscoUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Study start
- 1 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Apr 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Apr 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 4 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Child Care Health Consultants will provide an integrated pest management (IPM) intervention for ~30 family child care home directors. The intervention will include an educational component, collecting carpet dust samples, reporting back the pesticides identified in the carpet, and 7-monthly consultations to identify ways to reduce their exposure to pesticides and lower their long term health risks.
Detailed description
The 12-month IPM intervention study conducted in family child care homes will include baseline and post-intervention interviews with the family child care home director, surveys, environmental assessments, and carpet dust samples. The intervention will include an IPM educational meeting where the director will receive an IPM Toolkit and toolbox, learn about the health risks related to repeated pesticide use. Six monthly consultations will be provided to focus on the goals set by the director to increase their IPM practices, reduce their use of pesticides, and lower the health risks for the children in their care, themselves and their staff. Three months after baseline, study staff will share the results of the pesticides detected in the dust samples to individual family child care home directors using Digital Exposure Report-Back Interface (DERBI). Interviews throughout the study period will be conducted with the family child care home directors to explore their reactions to and understanding of results, health effects, decisions made, intention to change pest management strategies, and/or share the results with families and their community.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- The intervention will include resources about IPM practices and understanding the potential exposure to pesticides and health effects for family child care home staff and children.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated Pest Management and Report Pesticide Exposure | Experimental | Behavioral: Integrated pest management (IPM) practicesProvide integrated pest management (IPM) toolkit and results of dust sample identifying pesticide exposure. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated pest management (IPM) practicesAlso: Reduce use of pesticides to lower health risksProvide IPM resources to family child care home directors along with information about their exposure to pesticides and use of pesticides to lower their health risks. | Behavioural | Integrated Pest Management and Report Pesticide Exposure |
Primary outcome
IPM practices
Time frame: one year
Increased IPM practices as identified on the standardized, observational IPM Checklist post-intervention.
Decrease Pesticide Use and Exposure in Family Child Care Home
Time frame: one year
Observational checklists will be used to identify the number of pesticide sprays in the family child care home. Carpet dust analyses conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will identify the detection and concentration of pesticides in the carpet dust.
1 secondary outcome
Increased understanding of health risks associated with pesticide use
Time frame: one year
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Apr 2026.
- Background: PubMed 36599924Hazard K, Alkon A, Gunier RB, Castorina R, Camann D, Quarderer S, Bradman A. Predictors of pesticide levels in carpet dust collected from child care centers in Northern California, USA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Mar;34(2):229-240. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00516-8.
- Background: PubMed 34629233Alkon A, Gunier RB, Hazard K, Castorina R, Hoffman PD, Scott RP, Anderson KA, Bradman A. Preschool-Age Children's Pesticide Exposures in Child Care Centers and at Home in Northern California. J Pediatr Health Care. 2022 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Oct 8.
- Background: PubMed 29072618Stephens M, Hazard K, Moser D, Cox D, Rose R, Alkon A. An Integrated Pest Management Intervention Improves Knowledge, Pest Control, and Practices in Family Child Care Homes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct 26;14(11):1299. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111299.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Abbey Alkon, PhD principal investigator
University of California, San Francisco
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Integrated pest management (IPM) practices in people with Pesticide Exposure and Community-based, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
IPM practices (time frame: one year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06910462, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Apr 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.